I have been thinking a lot about numbers lately. One of the reasons is the flack that I have been given (in jest) over the Jayhawk jersey of Mario Chalmers hanging in my study. Not too popular in Cornhusker country! So I simply relate the numbers that justify its hanging there. The Rock Chalk Jayhawks have won the national championship in basketball four times. They have been to the final four twelve times. They have won the conference championship 50 times and have had 22 all-American players. When your team can come close to those numbers, I'll hang your jersey up - ha ha! Max Lucado has written a book entitled "3:16 - The Numbers of Hope." Most people that read the blog are familiar with this verse and some of the sharpness of it has worn smooth with familiarity. I challenge you to read it slowly and meditatively, to observe how God loved us. Lucado writes, "He didn't love in order to get something from us, but to give everything of Himself to us," paraphrasing Ephesians 5:2. He knows that our goodness cannot win God's love, nor our badness lose it, but you can resist it. I am simply staggered once more by the awesome reality that God loves. That God gave. That we believe. That we live. The good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ compels us to take the reality of this verse to those who continue to resist it - the lost. He does not desire people to perish, but to have eternal life.
On a medical note - We thank and praise the Lord daily for 5 clear MRI's and a bilirubin count that reached the single digits - 8.5. Our next MRI is August 17th, and we covet your continued prayers. May God richly bless you.
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